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didn't write question numbers on front of exam booklet!

mazvaz

On one of my history papers, i forgot to write down the questions i'm doing in front of the booklet! :frown:

Will i get penalised? will i lose any marks?

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Reply 1

Mr power

na u wont lose any, im pretty sure, the examiner shud be able to work out which qus u did.

Reply 2

kellywood_5

Mr power

na u wont lose any, im pretty sure, the examiner shud be able to work out which qus u did.

Especially as there tend to be very distinct topics in history exams, so it shouldn't be too difficult for the examiner to work out which question you did. At worst it may put them in a slightly bad mood, but I'm sure this happens all the time and they're used to it by now. Don't worry about it.

Reply 3

desmondmac

lol dis is a real tragedy lol, i am sure they'll be able to read it. howver after if inihed my history exam i realised that i hadnt written any of the question mnumbers so me and a frend (had da same problem) got dem to give us our papers back after da exam whislt dey let us put in page numbers...not to say dat it was necessay im just picky liek dat and write alot so i was scared da examiner will say **** off to ma paper as it is hard to find questions..

neways i realised after that i put AQA for ma examine board instead of EDEXCEl as we had da same booklet as we did for ma english exams. you reckon ima get a U cause of it lol

Reply 4

desmondmac

lol dis is a real tragedy lol, i am sure they'll be able to read it. howver after if inihed my history exam i realised that i hadnt written any of the question mnumbers :frown:

so me and a frend (had da same problem) got dem to give us our papers back after da exam whislt dey let us put in page numbers...not to say dat it was necessay im just picky liek dat and write alot so i was scared da examiner will say **** off to ma paper as it is hard to find questions..

neways i realised after that i put AQA for ma examine board instead of EDEXCEl as we had da same booklet as we did for ma english exams. you reckon ima get a U cause of it lol :rolleyes:

Reply 5

oblivious

i never write what question i do on the front of the booklet

Reply 6

guccilittlepiggy

don't worry. examiners must get that all the time.

Reply 7

Lotte

If it's any consolation, you are not alone - I forgot to put the numbers of questions on the front the 1st of two A level Sociology papers which were one after the other. I didn't realise this until the end of the 2nd exam, by which time I thought it was too late, so I just told the invigilator who said not to worry. :smile:

Reply 8

stupanico

So long as it's on the inside of the paper you will be fine.

Reply 9

TheWildChild

youve got the question number in the margin so shouldnt be too hard to work out for the examiner.

i know i didnt do it for all mine either

Reply 10

emmar

I didnt do it for any of mine - didnt have time!

Reply 11

Happy1

kellywood_5

Especially as there tend to be very distinct topics in history exams, .

Edexcel history was a bloody nightmare finding the right question!!! There were so many! grrr. I wouldnt be surprised if most people had put or done the wrong number.

Reply 12

mazvaz

thanks for all the replies...phew! that's relieving lol!

Reply 13

kellywood_5

Suzi_law

Edexcel history was a bloody nightmare finding the right question!!! There were so many! grrr. I wouldnt be surprised if most people had put or done the wrong number.

I know, the exam paper was so thick! What was even more annoying was reading the contents page and looking at all the other topics we could have done that seemed a million times more interesting :rolleyes:

Reply 14

Bingo Jesus

I freaked out in FP1 and forgot to write numbers on front. I don't think they'd mark you down though, it would be pointless.

Reply 15

fairygirl21

i'm the opposite - i think i put the questions i did on the front page but forgot to put it in the margin whilst i was doing it for my last exam. oh well.

Reply 16

Johnny 5

I have never bothered with doing this. In fact, when an invigilator pointed it out at the end of the last exam, I think I looked slightly confused.

Reply 17

Chri^s^

I never put it on the front page.. plus maybe the examiner would enjoy tracing question :tongue:

joking

Reply 18

Chris12345

the reason its their is so the examiner knows weather u read the front of the paper or not. if you dont read the instructions then you dont put the question numbers you dront draw a line under each question. well thats what i heard from someone anyway, dont know if its true or not.